October 2016
I think here are too many post about automatic gearbox AL4 failure. Some indicates low oil fluid, others a failure in selenoides, and mainly I would like to talk about the loss of pressure inside the gesrbox eventually when the car is on its way. Today, I would like to ask if it is possible to turn off the alarm signal that put the car in a safe mode, flashing the "S" and "*" lights and letting the car in the 3rd gear fixed, is it possible?
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Living 5 miles from Luton airport a booked taxi costs around £20 plus a £3 drop off charge, plus tip £2(?). Just about ok -I suppose. Howver-this fare naturally rises to £25 if you are going for an early flight with "check in" at 06.00. Total cost £28.... Read more
Are there no Everton-supporting taxi drivers then?
Looking for recommendations for places in the Herts/Bucks/Beds area that apply Scotchguard Briteguard or similar type paint protection. It's for a 1 year old VW Golf MK 7.
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A lot of us would recommend not doing this at all, especially on a car that isn't new. Give it a really good polish yourself or take it to a valeter.
I've found that Armor All Shield is the best cmbination of easy application and a really outstandingly water repellent finish I've used. Not cheap but lasts well.
My mechanic is having trouble finding what is wrong with my E320.
The fault is that the car loses power suddenly and the speed drops to 20mph.... Read more
Question about OEM regulation. I recently purchased a part for my car a suspension arm from an online parts manufacturer based in Estonia the company is advertising the parts to be OEM specification.
When the suspension arm arrived it was clearly not up to OEM standard, the arm was around 5mm shorter, the metal was of a much thinner gauge. There is obviously a safety issue involved with these substandard aftermarket coming into the UK market, who regulates the safety of aftermarket parts in the UK? Read more
Plenty of UK suppliers of Jap aftermarket quality parts.Like www.blue-print.de/index.html
Currently looking for a second hand runabout for about £2k.
At this price level, you get to visit some back street car dealers, reminiscent of Arthur Daley. Or people who claim to be private sellers, but who are in fact trading cars from outside their house.... Read more
It still happens, but is not very common. Whilst it is easy to clock a car, it is also very easy to check up on a car's history and spot one.
As the poster above says, the vast majoroty of clocking now goes on by private owners (not dealers) with cars on limited mileage leases before the first MOT....
Hi a friend recommended I have a Ford focus st Sony 6cd system and the code is M011250 could you please help with the 4 d
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Your a legend thank you so much for your help
Hi, ive had some annoying problems with my car recently and am looking for some advice about what to do about it.Three months ago my car(civic) started leaking oil badly so I took it to a garage and they said it is leaking from the camcover gasket,front main crank seal and had contaminated the cam belt and that the belt would need replacing.They said nothing about the water pump at this stage at all nor was there any mention of it being changed in the invoice.The garage replaced those oil seals and the cambelt and all was fine for a while.Two months later the car starting leaking antifreeze and started making a squeaking noise at the same time from around the water pump area,but this time I took it to another garage for an opinion.I did this because the first garage was very rude and not the best to deal with.
The other garage said the antifreeze was leaking from the water pump onto the cam belt and fan belt and as a result was contributing to the squeaking noise and had contaminated both belts,which would require replacement.They also said the water pump was knacked and on the brink of failure and strongly advised to get the cambelt,water pump replaced before the engine is ruined.Now at this garage they replaced both drive belts and water pump.For now, no leaks. Also at that garage I mentioned to them about the prior oil leak and they said the oil could of contaminated the water pump and speed up its demise.Now because i am not a mechanic i had no idea about this possibility.Now I don't know whether to put this down to really bad luck or the fault of the first garage for not replacing the water pump at the same time as the cambelt a precaution.The water pump had only done about 30k miles prior to its failure.Do i have a case with the first garage or what ?
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The car has 90k miles now on the clock.The cambelt+water pump was last changed at 60k which was 3 years ago prior to this problem.Car is 54 reg 1.6l civic.They were incompetent for not advising you to have the water pump changed at the same time then. Was concerned that it had been a newer model with no timing belt that they had charged you for a job they hadn't done. Wouldn't be the first time I've heard people being told to have the belt changed on a motor that hasn't got one. Shame you've had such a bad experience, these are great wee cars. We had one for years. Only issue that goes on all of them is the electric steering rack. It was one of the early electric rather than hydrolic systems and the rack is a common failure. Gets sticky on the straight ahead, requiring constant minor corrections and usually develops a rattle that sounds like a worn anti roll bar bush or drop link. Ours had this for years but was getting steadily worse. A used rack isn't wise as it may be just as bad so it's a fairly costly job to do. Hope you miss this one, you've spent enough.
Looking at buying a merc e class around a 63/14/64 plate. Looking at ads finding it difficult to see the difference between the c220 Cdi amg line and the amg line blue tec? Anyone know of the differences? Read more
Possibly better emmissions/economy. However my E350CDi from 2011 is bluetec without AdBlue. Avoid AMG unless you like biggger wheels and worse ride. An e-class is for cruising not rallying.
I'm in the process of buying my first home at the grand age of 33. My Landlord dropped a bomb shell in July when renewing my tenancy agreement that they will be selling the house at the end of my 6 month tenancy agreement extension which has forced me into buying a house sooner than I planned. April 29th this year I brought my BMW for cash as I had saved for the car I wanted (I wanted a auto BMW 1 series) I'm now having to make the very difficult decision whether to keep the BMW or P/X it for something more sensible like a Ford Fiesta Zetec S Black and get some cash back from it. This has got me thinking, has anybody else found themselves in my position? Read more
In 1998 we were getting married and to get the deposit to buy our first house sold the wife's two year old (and only owned for 6 months) Clio, replacing it with a bit of a heap.
That car will now be worth £500? The equity in our house (after a few moves) is 100 times (add two zeros) and with the mortgage close to completion we could choose more or less any car we want (but haven't, choosing to do things like going to Australia for August instead). ...
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Your not going to cancel the ML light on it until the fault and there are are few on the A4 until the fault is fixed , modus owner with a AL4 auto trans !